A total of 189 cases of HIV infection were reported in the third quarter of this year, the Centre for Health Protection announced today.
The newly diagnosed cases involve 167 males and 22 females, bringing the total reported HIV infections to 7,534 since 1984.
Of these cases, 113 involve infection through homosexual or bisexual contact, 36 through heterosexual contact, three through drug injection.
Nineteen new AIDS cases were reported in the quarter, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since 1985 to 1,626.
The centre’s Special Preventive Programme consultant Dr Wong Ka-hing stressed the importance of proper condom use, noting sex remains the major HIV transmission mode in Hong Kong.
He also urged people with a history of unsafe sex to call 2780 2211 for a free, anonymous and confidential HIV test.
